#469BC9#469BC9

#469BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.106 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#469BC9
RGB	rgb(70, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -11.36, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 33.22, 250.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% -0.0606 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.107 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7857, 28.9592, 59.5305)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#469BC9 #C97446

analogous

#46C9B6 #469BC9 #4659C9

triadic

#469BC9 #C9469B #9BC946

tetradic

#469BC9 #B646C9 #C97446 #59C946

square

#469BC9 #B646C9 #C97446 #59C946

split-complementary

#469BC9 #C94659 #C9B646

monochromatic

#225673 #2F7AA2 #469BC9 #75B5D7 #A5CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#469BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#469BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #469BC9

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##469BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##469BC9	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #469bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.106 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d9',
    500: '#469bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #469bc9;
$custom-light: #87b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#469bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.069,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65657,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#469BC9

secondary

#D2AD99

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #469BC9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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